marți, 25 noiembrie 2014

Călătorie de suflet. Travel of "may"/ La drum de "mai". (Part III)

I found that the distance between Bucharest and Pâclele Mari is about 144 km, on the road E 60 and then, on the E 85, a road that can be done in almost 2h 30 min at a 70 km/h as a speed. (in ideal conditions I presume). But because to us it was a trip road, then it took us a much long time while we stopped to make pictures or to have a rest for body or a quick snack.

Like I already said in a previous post, it was a moody day of may, of spring, with large drops of rain, blue dark sky in some moments, with heavy cloudy aspects but also with a moderate temperature. So, we were allowed ourselves to have time to pick places where to walk on and to take shots at the wonders around us.

Being in a natural reservation is like being in a wonderland to me. All you have to do is to try to pay attention, to memorize, in a very speedy way, what you see that once you'll be back home, you must have the energy to remember those particular details that you have found to be so thrilled about and to have the possibility to make your own "research activity" and, finally, to share the thoughts related to the trip and interesting aspects of nature and environment.

I'm sure that I'm not the only one with this particularly idea of analyzing and to find data on a subject involving documentation and "research activity" in your own socio-cultural benefit. To achieve a good work by collecting knowledge from different sources and to have instantly your own reward as a result, I think that it means to spend a reasonable time for: reading, sorting and then assembling in an essay.

Concerning my part, I'm grateful for the chance to have this blog where I can make my own posts, with my own photos, my own thoughts. I'm grateful that I found people interested in same activities, as a hobby, affectionate and curious to see things that can startles through camera lens or people's eyes. I'm also thankful to see the indulgence of the people while I'm trying to communicate, my views, aspects, different details from the daily cotidian, and, also, thankful to achieve new abilities in writing in a foreign language, like french or, in this case, in english (languages that I've learned in school or college, but that since then I've never had the chance to use them in a proper manner for writing or conversations).

I'm deeply thankful to all of those who have read and took precious time to write a note, a thought or a comment based on a particular subject in any of my posts. I really appreciate, now and for the future.

Coming back at the today subject for the post dedicated to the Mud Volcanoes from Berca...

In those weather conditions, that were clearly a bit too nasty, our state of mind wasn't affected at all, so we continued the trip along the green fields or hills, through the yellow magical visions of the seasonal blooms in some parts, with the eyes to an imperfect blue sky and after a while to the peaceful critters, like birds, horses, cows, so on, on the road sides.

"The Berca Mud Volcanoes are a geological and botanical reservation located in the Berca commune in the Buzău County in Romania. Its most spectacular feature is the mud volcanoes, small volcano-shaped structures typically a few metres high caused by the eruption of mud and natural gases.

The geological phenomenon

As the gases erupt from 3000 metres deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. The mud dries off at the surface, creating a relatively solid conical structure resembling a real volcano. The mud expelled by them is cold, as it comes from inside the Earth's continental crust layers, and not from the mantle.

The reservation is unique in Romania. Elsewhere in Europe, similar phenomenon can be observed in Italy (northern Apennines and Sicily), Ukraine (in the Kerch Peninsula), Russia (in the Taman Peninsula) as well as Azerbaijan.

Flora

The mud volcanoes create a strange lunar landscape, due to the absence of vegetation around the cones. Vegetation is scarce because the soil is very salty, an environmental condition in which few plants can survive. However, this kind of environment is good for some rare species of plants, such as Nitraria schoberi and Obione verrucifera.

The phenomenon can be observed on two separate locations near the Berca commune, dubbed the Little Mud Volcanoes and The Big Mud Volcanoes."

Arhiva foto privată/ Private photos archive.

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Drumul. The road.

Vulcanii noroioși: Pâclele Mari /The Big Mud Volcanoes

Essay; To my sister.

From Did You Know Category

Definitions of moody

adjective

(of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness.

I enjoy travelling and documenting to find out new & old things, to see world and people with one drop of positive attitude... from a huge sense of wonder... But before all, it was William Blake who beautifully said it:
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour. (...)
Fragments from "Auguries of Innocence".
Also, "It’s never too late (...) to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." excerpt by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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November. "It looks that autumn looks like life itself"...

Life seen as a fascinated season. Autumn portrait of November.

Autumn as a lied

"The autumn has passed Over the silent park". From the poem Lied by Al. O. Teodoreanu

September Evening

Motto: ..."Oh, you friends, poetry is not a tear/ it is the weeping itself / the weeping of an uninvented eye / the tear of the eye of the one who must be beautiful / of the one who must be happy. " From the poem "Poetry" by Nichita Stănescu

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." by John Muir

Spring flight. Zbor de primăvară.

Motto: "The power of imagination makes us infinite." by John Muir

"For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet." Quote by Plato

Lotus and water lilies blossoms

Be joyful, amazing and never give up to smile! Stunning things are all over!

Stay positive, today, tomorrow and always! Rămâi pozitiv, astăzi, mâine și întotdeauna! So, very thankful, each and every day, to be inspired... All is well...

Motto: "Zi gong (a disciple of Confucius) asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?" The Master replied: "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?" Confucious, Analects XV.24

An 'architectonic view'. Another walk from Spring (II)

Motto: "Just as things in a picture, when viewed from a distance, appear to be all in one and the same condition and alike." "Neither family, nor privilege, nor wealth, nor anything but Love can light that beacon which a man must steer by when he sets out to live the better life." Plato

An 'architectonic view'. Another walk in Spring. (I)

Motto: "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato

Springtime in April

A Spring sequence. "I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health." "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire

Sakura in April

"A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら)." "The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short." Source Internet/Wikipedia

Thoughts, roads or journeys, ideas,culinary recipes… with wonder more or less to a some point... originale!! Ideas, excerpts, photo essays or the literary ones, smiles…notes, poems, a little bit of every one! Thanks, appreciations, nota bene… for everybody. One drop of positive attitude... from a huge sense of wonder...

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Each post starts from an idea, a thought or a feeling ... Essays, sketches, narratives, comments or stories at free arbitrary will or at choice on a particular topic bears the mark of subjectivity and it will not be necessary to emphasize this, but in terms of takeover of literary texts, excerpts or others, it will always be given or mention the source of citation or takeover (ex. for literary works or other postings (for instance like images or illustrations arising from the free internet, etc).

For any excerpts, citations, videos & photographs from the internet/media, the source will be indicated every time.

For more information = objectivism, where it is necessary, please feel free to read, look, find out or consulting - the literature of speciality in any social, cultural medium, on any support, including media.

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"Names and etymology"* "The Latin name Dānuvius is one of a number of "Old European" river names derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dānu. Other river names from the same root include the Don, Donets, Dzvina/Duna, Dysna, Dnieper and Dniestr. (...) "The Latin name is masculine (as is the name of the Rhine). German Donau (Early Modern German Donaw, Tonaw, Middle High German Tuonowe) is feminine, as it has been re-interpreted as containing the suffix -ouwe "wetland". The modern languages spoken in the Danube basin all use names derived from Dānuvius: German: Donau ([ˈdoːnaʊ̯]; Bavarian: Doana; Yiddish: Duney דוניי‎ [dʊnɛj]); Silesian: Důnaj; Upper Sorbian: Dunaj; Slovak: Dunaj ([ˈdunaj]); Hungarian: Duna ([ˈdunɒ]); Croatian: Dunav ([dǔnaʋ]; Serbian: Dunav / Дунав ([dǔnaʋ] or [dǔnaːʋ]); Romanian: Dunărea ([ˈdunəre̯a]); Romani: Dunaja ([ˈdunaja]); Bulgarian: Дунав Dunav ([ˈdunɐf]); Ukrainian: Дунай Dunai ([duˈnɑj])."Source Wikipedia

Soul journeys through memories.

From the September, 2015. End of summer or early in autumn. Roads to Herculane/Domogled National Park; De-a lungul Dunării. Along Danube.

Călătorie de suflet: Travel of "may"

MOtto:"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. (...) Fragments from "Auguries of Innocence" "To See a World..."by William Blake

2016. New Year's Resolution: Confidence!

"Confidence is not something that can be learned like a set of rules; confidence is a state of mind. Positive thinking, practice, training, knowledge and talking to other people are all useful ways to help improve or boost your confidence levels."

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Ziua Pământului/ Earth Day ... "Let's celebrate it in every day!"

"The Black Sea* is a sea in Southeastern Europe. It is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean Seas and various straits. The Bosphorus Strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the Strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean Sea region of the Mediterranean. These waters separate eastern Europe and western Asia. The Black Sea is also connected to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch." *click for more info on Wikipedia.

"Embroidery" in blue light at sunset ..."

"Simphony for... old trees, branches and leaves. Small part for fall colours and a final note in black and white wood..." "Memento: Play Con allegria..." "Scenary. Static nature."

..."Deep words … They are like the scent of a flower"...

"In the end, what we have is a conversation, a lifelong dialogue with life. It’s a conversation expressed not in words but in the immediacy of experience and the poetry of the one, single now. And that is exactly where the experience of sacredness lives."

A Walk of Spring along the lake. Plimbare primăvăratică de-a lungul lacului.

"I am alone amidst the trees at the lake’s edge, I live in friendship with the shore’s old firs and in secret understanding with all the young rowans. Alone I lie and wait, I have seen no one walk by. Great flowers look down on me from tall stems, bitter creepers climb in my embrace, I have a single name for everything, and that is love." "The Waiting Soul" from vol. "Poems" (1916), by Edith Södergran

Happenings & blooms... Intamplari & flori...

Earth Hour 2014 "I will look to this day only. I will participate to those experiences designed for my particular development." In "my beautiful world ... all is well!"

“Omagiu sarmalei ca la mama acasă”

"Sarma is a savory dish of grape, cabbage or chard leaves rolled around a filling usually based on minced meat, or a sweet dish of filo dough wrapped around a filling often of various kinds of chopped nuts. It is found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to the Balkans and Central Europe." ... click to read more: Despre Sarmale / Cabbage rolls filled with pork meat